{"id":6,"date":"2008-05-21T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T23:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2008-06-16T11:01:02","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T15:01:02","slug":"teacher-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/teacher-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Creative Controversy: Intellectual Challenge in the Classroom<\/strong> (3rd edition)  David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company: 1995 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Web Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cooperative Learning Center: Academic Controversy<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooplearn.org\/pages\/academic.html\">http:\/\/www.cooplearn.org\/pages\/academic.html<\/a><br \/>\nVisit the Academic Controversy section of the Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota&#8217;s Web site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dominion Institute<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolnet.ca\/\">http:\/\/www.schoolnet.ca\/<\/a><br \/>\nThe Web site of the Dominion Institute in Toronto, Ontario contains lesson plans for Academic Controversies around issues regarding Canadian history and identity. Each lesson is structured around essays representing opposing points of view.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nEducational Resources Information Center: Academic Controversy<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/databases\/ERIC_Digests\/ed409828.html\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.ed.gov\/databases\/ERIC_Digests\/ed409828.html<\/a><br \/>\nThis article presents the case for incorporating academic controversy and intellectual conflict into instruction in order to foster the development of problem-solving and decision-making skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Connections<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wgbh\/globalconnections\/\">http:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wgbh\/globalconnections\/<\/a><br \/>\nThis site helps teachers and students learn more about events around the world through an imaginative interplay of lesson plans, timelines, maps and challenge questions. Current focus spots include the Middle East and Liberia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peaceful Solutions: Academic Controversy<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnet.org\/peaceful\/stratf.html\">http:\/\/www.wnet.org\/peaceful\/stratf.html<\/a><br \/>\nThirteen\/WNET New York&#8217;s Peaceful Solutions presents middle and high school educators with techniques to prevent violence and resolve conflict among students. The site contains information on Academic Controversy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizations<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nCooperative Learning Center: Academic Controversy<\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Johnson and Roger Johnson, Co-Directors<br \/>\n60 Peik Hall<br \/>\nUniversity of Minnesota<br \/>\nMinneapolis, MN 55455<br \/>\nPhone: (612) 624-7031<br \/>\nFax: (612) 626-1395<br \/>\ncoop@cooplearn.org<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clcrc.com\/pages\/academic.html\">http:\/\/www.clcrc.com\/pages\/academic.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Creative Response to Conflict (CRC)<\/strong><br \/>\nPriscilla Prutzman, Director<br \/>\n521 North Broadway\/Box 271<br \/>\nNyack, NY 10960<br \/>\nPhone: (845) 353-1796<br \/>\nFax: (845) 358-4924<br \/>\nccrcnyack@aol.com<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccrcglobal.org\">http:\/\/www.ccrcglobal.org<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nEducators for Social Responsibility (ESR National)<\/strong><br \/>\nLarry Dierenger, Director<br \/>\n23 Garden Street<br \/>\nCambridge, MA 02138<br \/>\nPhone: (617) 492-1764<br \/>\neducators@esrnational.org<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esrnational.org\">http:\/\/www.esrnational.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR Metro)<\/strong><br \/>\nTom Roderick, Director<br \/>\n400 Riverside Drive<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10027<br \/>\nPhone: (212) 870-3318<br \/>\nstaff@esrmetro.org<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esrmetro.org\">http:\/\/www.esrmetro.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR)<\/strong><br \/>\nPeter Coleman, Director<br \/>\nTeachers College, Columbia University<br \/>\nBox 53<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10027<br \/>\nPhone: (212) 678-3289<br \/>\nFax: (212) 678-4048<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/tc\/icccr\">http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/tc\/icccr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books Creative Controversy: Intellectual Challenge in the Classroom (3rd edition) David W. 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